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Mr. Seifert from Houston, TX is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Ideal Start to Our 2025 Marching Season

Help me give my students an ideal start to the 2025 Marching Season.

  • 7 donors
  • $3,995 goal

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My Project

The Band is a premier performance group representing my school in Houston, Texas. We are a Title 1 school in a district facing a $600M shortfall this past year. Our students and parents work hard on fundraisers and pay specific fees to the program, but that can only go so far.

We're reaching out to see if some of our needs for the upcoming marching season can be met before we purchase items using our regular budget.

These items are common to our work and often need to be renewed annually or may have suffered long-term damage we can't repair.

Your assistance to the band could go a long way to improve student performance and achievement this next fall. Please support our band and Go Texans!

Mr. Seifert Lamar High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Houston, TX View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

104 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pearl MBS-3000 Marching Bass Drum Stand • Music & Arts $234.95 3 $704.85
Yamaha DBR10 Powered Speaker • Music & Arts $399.99 1 $399.99
Yamaha 285 Series Mini Snare Kit with Backpack and Rolling Cart • Music & Arts $365.99 1 $365.99
Promark Concert Two Snare Sticks Wood • Music & Arts $16.99 20 $339.80
Innovative Percussion FBX Field Series Marching Bass Mallets Large • Music & Arts $49.95 6 $299.70
Innovative Percussion FBX Field Series Marching Bass Mallets Medium • Music & Arts $41.95 6 $251.70
Innovative Percussion FBX Field Series Marching Bass Mallets Small • Music & Arts $40.95 6 $245.70
Yamaha 900 Series Tom Stand with Clamps • Music & Arts $239.99 1 $239.99
Black Swamp Percussion Black Swamp 12" single row tambourine 12 in. Beryllium Co • Music & Arts $229.00 1 $229.00
Innovative Percussion FS-PR Paul Rennick Signature Marching Drum Sticks • Music & Arts $11.75 9 $105.75
Audio-Technica AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Studio XLR Microphone, Ideal for Project/Home Studio Applications,Black • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00
ZESEN 10 Outlet Heavy Duty Long Power Strip Surge Protector with 4ft Cord for Garage Workshop Workbench, ETL Certified, Black • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99

Materials cost

$3,315.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$49.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,395.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$599.15

Total project goal

$3,994.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,994.34

5 Donors

-$2,720.19

Donations toward project cost

-$2,362.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$358.03

match offer

-$1,215.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,033.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$182.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$58.82

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 $0.00

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